Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-24
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
The state Legislature.


| In the Senate on the 18th, the House bill au-
! thorizing cities and Incorporated towns to ap-
/ propriate money for constructing and repairing
gravel, macadamized or graded public roads
leading to the same and building bridges there
on was passed; also House bill authorizing
terms of the Circuit Court to be held at Pied
mont, Wayne County. on the fourth Mondays in
May and November. The General Appropria-
ton bill was reported from the House. Several
new bills were introduced. In the House,
among number of bills passed were the Gen
eral Appropriation bill and the Senate bill
continuing Jurisdiction of circuit or criminal
court judges in criminal cases where special
Judges have been appointed to
try such cases and failed for any
cause to determine such matter. The Senate
bill requiring morphine to be wrapped in scar
let paper or envelope and properly lettered be
fore being sold was defeated by 90 yeas to IS
nays. The Senate bill fixing uniform system
of flour weights was amended so as to fix the
basis of weight at twenty-four pounds per
quarter sack in place of twenty three, and as
/ amended was passed.
! IN the Senate, on the 14th among the more
important measures passed were the following:
| House bill requiring mining and manufacturing
corporations to pay their employees twice a
! month"; authorizing trust companies to loan
! money upon real estate and to execute and is
| sue it's notes and indentures: House bill to re-
! quire railroad companies to furnish cars with
! trap doors in the roof for the shipment of live
| stock, with Senate amendments requiring the
railroad companies to deliver such stock at
! such stock yards as the aSSignOr may elect, and
to construct and maintain switch connections
with such stock yards. In the House, among
the more important bills passed were the fol-
! lowing: To authorize cities of the fourth
class to restrain domestic animals from
/ running at large; to prohibit the sale of less
! than five gallons of liquor under merchants
license: making it a felony to keep rooms for
the purpose of smoking opium; authorizing the
Board of Agriculture and the State Veterinary
Surgeon to establish live stock quarantine in
cases of necessity for the prevention of the
spread of contagious and infectious diseases;
to amend the law in regard to libel by making
the truth of the accusations a complete defense
in criminal action, also in civil actions, pro
vided the publication is made from good mo-
tives and for justifiable ends; to provide that
when the number of coored children of school
age, residing in any district is less than fifteen,
they shall have the privilege of attending
school in any district in the county wherever
/ a school is maintained for colored children
In the Senate, on the 18th, resolution was
adopted fixing the 21st inst. the date of sine
die adjournment. The bill to reduce the per
diem of members of the General Assembly to
the requirements of the Constitution, by cut
ting off their pay for going to and returning
from the State capital, was defeated
In the House the bill to prohibit hunting deer
with dogs defeated. Among the bills
passed were the following: Amending Board
of Health law by only requiring physicians
residing in cities of 5000 inhabitants and over
to report births and deaths: Senate bill repeal
ing act establishing a branch pen
itentiary: requiring county clerks to make out
back taX-boolSs for all back taxes; authorizing
collectors to set aside as sinking fund surplus
revenue belonging to townships which have in
Cured debts in construction OF railways; House
bill appropriating money for deficiencies of
State government for years 1855; appro-
prating $50 900 for the establishment of an in
dustral school for girls. At the night session
consideration of Senator Parcher'S Normal
School bill resumed. After tedious
wrangle of nearly an hour the bill again
defeated: Yeas. 81; nays, Sc.
IN the Senate, on the 10Th, the Anti-Bucket-
shop bill was passed just it was received
from the House, by vote of 30 yeas to nays.
The bill to authorize the County Court Of Wright
County to liberate James A. Tate, treasurer of
said county, from the payment of money stolen
and belonging to said county, was passed; also
the bill to furnish the Supreme Court and
Courts of Appeals reports to counties whose
reports have been destroyed by fire; also the
bill to authorize cities and towns heretofore in
corporated under special charters to license
tax and regulate billiard, pool, shuttle board
bagatelle, pigeon-hole and other tables.
Several other bills of minor Importance
were disposed of, and then the De-
icency bill taken up and con-
sidered in committee of the whole. After de-
batting it for awhile the committee rose and rec
commended that it be referred to the commit
tee on ways and means which was done .....
The House took up, and concurred in the Sen
ate amendment 10 }he adjournment resolution,
fixing the date of final adjournment for Mon
day, March 81. Among the more important
bills passed were the following: To fix the
standard of petroleum at $50 degrees Fahren-
hest; to provide for uniform system of text
books and for letting contracts for supplying
books; to make railroad companies liable for
damages done to any employe in consequence
of the negligence of any of its agents en-
ployes
IN the Senate on the nth, the following were
among the important measures passed: EX-
tending to five years the time for re-recordng
conveyances in case of the destruction of the
record thereof: providing for change of venue
from justice to some other convenient
justice; to restrict the legislative authority of
Incorporated towns and cities in regard to
granting franchises for using the streets for
elevated, underground or other street railway
purposes: to require railroad companies or per-
sons owning or operating railroads in this
State, to furnish cars with trap-doOrs in the
roof for the shipment of live stock: requiring
supplemental tax-books to be made out
where textbooks have been i'm
properly certified, or where there
has been failure to make the proper levy; to
prohibit the keeping of any house, room or
place to be used for the purpose of smoking
opium or any other deadly drug, and providing
penalty therefor: to establish the RESPONSE
bility OF railroad corporations companies and
persons owning or operating railroads for dam
ages by fire communicated by locomotive en-
gines The deficiency bill was also taken up
and passed, after a number of amendments Of
fered had been defeated. In the House the
forenoon was devoted to discussion of the Wood
Local Option BILL which was passed-S0 to A.
In the Afternoon Mr.. Moultons substitute for
the Senate Railroad bill was discussed and
passed, was also the Senate Funding bill.
In the Senate on the 18th. the greater portion
of the day was spent in discussion of the Gen
eral Appropriation bill. In the House a
busy days work in making final dis
position of bills accom- plished.
The greater portion of the day
was devoted to Senate bills, and in discussion
of the Appropriation bill Anumber of amend
mentS were made i'll the latter and then the
Committee arose, reported progress and asked
leave to sit again. A night session was held for
the purpose of reading and signing enrolled
bills.